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Flashback: American Historians on Movies

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Conversations with historians about America's most popular historian of all: Hollywood. Hosted and produced by Katie Fapp. https://open.spotify.com/show/6k8bFiN0TWr76gTOX57hrH?si=e3ea95d8255b4b0b

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jun 23

Happy Monday! Due to end-of-the-term demands, the last episode of this season will be out later than expected. It's a big one, so giving it the editing it deserves! Until then...🍃🍂

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jun 9

Watch out who you invite inside...our episode on SINNERS is out now! Dr Tammy Kernodle joins to unpack all the history — but especially the music! — behind the latest historical blockbuster to take cinemas by storm 🎵🧛‍♂️ Available wherever fine podcasts are found! open.spotify.com/episode/7pJ6...

Still from the 2025 movie, Sinners. Two identical men, dressed in suits, look beyond the camera. The one on the left wears a brown fedora hat with a red tie; on the right, a blue newsboy cap, blue tie, and holds a cigarette. Behind them is the brown-and-blue siding of an old building and front windshield of a red car, and in the horizon a green treeline.

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · May 26

Our episode on THE PATRIOT is out now! Dr Krysten Blackstone joins as we dive deep into this infamous Revolutionary War movie (and, briefly, Liberty's Kids) 🇺🇸 Available now wherever you find your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/5UsV...

Three men in eighteenth century soldiers' uniforms are pictured; the man in the center and right appear to be talking to one another. They are wearing dark tricorn hats, overcoats of different shades of blue, and holding muskets.

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · May 12

Gee Wilikers! This week we're taking it back to BLAST FROM THE PAST, a 1999 sci-fi rom-com starring Brendan Fraser as a man raised in a nuclear bunker. Historian of gender and the Cold War Tom Bishop joins to discuss this delightfully zany flick of a man out of time — out now! tinyurl.com/yckfz47z

A man in a black suit holds a woman in a black top and skirt, with heels. They stand in the middle of a street and are encircled by three hoops, reminiscent of nuclear diagrams of an atom's path. The sky behind them, at sunset, bursts forth in a similar "nuclear" fashion.

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Apr 28

A fan of Sinners and want to think more about American history and vampires? Have we got just the thing — our new episode on ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is out now! Ben Willis joins to talk the other Lincoln movie from 2012 to kick off our new season. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4HEJ...

Actor Benjamin Walker, dressed as a young Abraham Lincoln in a nineteenth century suit, holds an axe while standing in front of a lit candelabra and blue and yellow damask curtains.

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Feb 24

Gatsby? What Gatsby? Why the GREAT Gatsby of course — this week @emilybrady.bsky.social joins to talk Baz Luhrmann's 2013 adaptation of the classic novel in all of its maximalist, blockbuster, and 2010s glory ✨🍾🟢 Available now wherever you listen to podcasts, or at the link here bit.ly/41vWZxzThe

Still of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in the 2013 movie adaptation of the 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. A blonde man with a stylish haircut, wearing a tuxedo, raises a champagne class to the viewer. Fireworks go off in the background.

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Feb 21

Happy Friday! The last episode of this season is out Monday — and the picture below is a hint as to what it covers. This is a supersized one — any guesses?

Singer-songwriter Lorde, wearing a pink top, looks at the camera as she sits inside a car.

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Feb 10

Another Monday means another Flashback! The newest ep, on 1958's SOUTH PACIFIC is out now 🏝️ @slanevi.bsky.social joins to unpack this WW2-set Rogers and Hammerstein war romance — available now wherever you listen to podcasts!

Still from the 1958 production of SOUTH PACIFIC — a man and and a woman sit at a white table, as two children, standing, look on. Palm trees and an ocean dominate background.

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Feb 7

Hope you're enjoying the new season — here's a hint for Monday's new episode:

A clipart-style image of a woman washing her hair

A clipart image of a white dove of peace, holding an olive branch

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our episode on THE REVENANT has dropped! Stephen Tuffnell joins to discuss all things neo-western and the frontier in this 2015 survival thriller. Listen at the link or wherever you find your podcasts 🐻 bit.ly/3Ec8wZv

Leonardo DiCaprio, as frontiersman Hugh Glass, peers beyond the camera as depicted in the 2015 movie the Revenant

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jan 20

Another Monday means another hint — try your hand at parsing this:

A Grizzly Bear in a field of brown and amber grasses

image of an Academy Award statuette, or Oscar, on a black background.

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jan 13

Happy Monday and happy Flashback day! Our newest episode is out now and covers 1992's THE PLAYER, Robert Altman's murderous and meta Hollywood satire. Expert in the 1980s and 90s film industry Naomi Sutton joins to discuss power, performance, and the business side of the movies 🎬 bit.ly/4acSryA

Poster for the movie "The Player" — star Tim Robbins lounges on a film strip above the LA skyline at sunset

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jan 9

A brand new Flashback episode drops Monday! Hint for our next episode topic below. Any guesses?

A finger pressing the "play" button on a red tape recorder

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Dec 30

And we're back with a new episode covering The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Kevin and I delved deep into Westerns and Civil War on this one — available at the link below or wherever you find your podcasts 🌵🏜️🤠
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Kevin Waite

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Dec 29

Surprise Flashback drop happening TOMORROW! Last Minute hints for the first episode since the finish-the-doctorate-hiatus — any guesses?

Glinda the Good Witch from 'The Wizard of Oz' 1939

Still of Billie Eilish from the music video for 'Bad Guy'

Noughties pop-duo Daphne and Celeste performing a hit song

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Nov 22

*taps mic* Is this thing on??? New socials means new updates and most importantly: new Flashbacks coming soon to a podcast provider near you 🎤🎬